Daily HealthBeat TipSmoking and birth defectsDr. Sadia Malik of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences says her finding that congenital heart defects were more common in babies of mothers who smoked is a warning for women not to smoke if they could become pregnant. "Many pregnancies are unplanned. So we feel that, if a woman is planning pregnancy, she should definitely stop smoking. But we advise that all women of reproductive age not smoke." (nine seconds) |
Last revised: November 15, 2006